The oil spill is NOT “Obama’s Katrina”
Oil has been flowing into the gulf for over a month now and it seems that a resolution continues to remain just out of reach. The disaster is now openly being compared to Hurricane Katrina – and...
Category: Racism
To Malcolm X, on his 84th birthday
“Before our eyes our father was taken. Before the eyes of his beloved, he was robbed of his life, and we were robbed of not just the man you think you know, but real simple, Daddy. And she of her...
Michelle Obama & Princeton: do the hard work yourself
Michelle Obama is everywhere these days, but one place you won’t find her is the Class of 1985 - 25th Reunion celebration at Princeton University. Obama, who graduated cum laude from Princeton in...
M.I.A.’s “Born Free”: A Statement We Need To Hear
In the nine-minute video for “Born Free,” a song on M.I.A.’s upcoming album, riot police storm an apartment building and round up all the redheaded males. During the raid, the police burst in...
More Racism from Arizona: Gov. Brewer and the Schools
When the president selected then-Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano to serve as head of Department of Homeland Security, Arizonans were assured that nothing horrific would transpire during...
Arizona’s anti-immigration law, racism & the Democrats
The state of Arizona’s new anti-immigration law shines a spotlight on the racism of large swaths of American society. It also gives President Obama a chance to take a politically smart and morally...
Shades of Oklahoma: people are still angry
April 19th marked the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. Timothy McVeigh was spurred to destroy the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building by what he deemed to be the mishandling of Waco and...
Viola Desmond is not Canada’s Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks became an international name when she refused to give her seat to a White person on the bus. Her refusal to move sparked the Montgomery Bus boycott, which ignited the 1960’s...
Bob McDonnell & the battle over REAL Confederate History
This week, Governor Bob McDonnell declared that his state would honor April as “Confederate History and Heritage Month.” Typical of a white southern Republican, he completely ignored slavery in...
Is Sandra Bullock better than Michelle McGee?
When Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for her role as a White saviour in the movie “The Blind Side,” she spoke movingly about her husband Jesse James and what their relationship means to her. It had...